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Total Rewards Statements & Annual Benefit Statements refresh
The TRS & ABS mid-year refresh is underway and the data cut was taken on Friday 11 October 2019. The pension calculations and checks are now complete and the data was transferred to ESR on Friday 1 November 2019.
We expect to be able to make…
Stakeholder Engagement upcoming events
The stakeholder engagement team run a series of events throughout the year providing regular updates and delivering educational training. Please see our Pension Events Calendar for upcoming events.
If your organisation would like to request…
COVID-19 Guidance for Employers on Deferred Retirements
Should you have any employees who have applied to retire but would now like to defer their retirement, please email details to nhsbsa.stakeholderengagement@nhs.net. Please include ‘Deferred Retirement’ in the subject heading of the email.
Our team…
Voluntary ‘Scheme Pays’ Deadline for 2018/19
The NHS Business Services Authority is sympathetic to the situation that NHS staff currently find themselves in during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and are keen to support members of the NHS Pension Scheme (England and Wales) who are front…
Extension of voluntary scheme pays 2018/19 deadline
The NHS Business Services Authority is sympathetic to the situation that NHS staff currently find themselves in during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and is keen to support members of the NHS Pension Scheme (England and Wales) who are front…
Marriage Certificates as Supporting Evidence
When accepting supporting documentation a NIKAH NAMA Muslim marriage certificate cannot be accepted as evidence of marriage. This unfortunately is not a legitimate certificate under UK law unless it is accompanied by a civil ceremony certificate.…
Reminder of changes to the opt out form (SD502) return process
We advised in a previous newsletters that employers are no longer required to send the paper SD502 opt out form to NHS Pensions and we have amended the form to include this advice. Instead, it is the employer’s responsibility to retain the form in…
Greenbury reminder
The Greenbury functionality within Pensions Online (POL) is now available. All requests for disclosure must be received by Monday 28 February 2022, so that we can provide you with the necessary disclosure information.
You should avoid using the…
McCloud opt-out buy back
Not all members know they can apply to reinstate their remedy period service if they opted out of the NHS Pension Scheme because of the McCloud judgement.
We’ve published the details on our Contingent decisions web page, but you can help to make…
An update on Remedial Savings Statements (RSS)
On 31 March 2025, it was announced by Karin Smyth that the Department of Health and Social Care has extended the RSS delivery deadlines. These new delivery deadlines can be found on our Making your decision about your NHS Pension benefits web page…